Speed Reading — Online Lessons - Level 6 — 500 wpm 

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A regulatory body in the UK that looks after student affairs has warned universities to be honest about online lessons. The Office for Students issued a request to higher education providers not to make promises that lessons from September will be in-person or face-to-face. Currently, thousands of institutions worldwide are delivering lessons online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The quality of these lessons quite often depends on the proficiency of teachers to successfully exploit video conferencing platforms to replicate a classroom experience. The body said: "Tailored support needs to be put in place." Cambridge University has announced all of its lessons will be online until the summer of 2021.

The Office for Students chief executive, Nicola Dandridge, warned universities and colleges to be "as clear as they can" when informing students of what kind of teaching situation they will receive. She said: "None of us knows exactly what is going to be happening in the autumn. What we don't want to see is promises that it's all going to be back to usual with an on-campus experience, when that is not the case." She added: "The point here is absolute clarity to students so they know what they are getting in advance to accepting [university] offers." She said that, "every reasonable effort" should be made to ensure that students, "receive good outcomes and that the quality of their teaching is robust".

Comprehension questions
  1. What is the name of the regulatory body mentioned in the article?
  2. How many institutions did the article say was delivering online lessons?
  3. What did the article say teachers must exploit?
  4. What kind of support did a chief executive say needed to be in place?
  5. Until when will Cambridge University teach online lessons?
  6. Who is Nicola Dandridge?
  7. What did Ms Dandridge say we don't want to see?
  8. What did Ms Dandridge say the point was?
  9. What did Ms Dandridge say students should receive?
  10. What did Ms Dandridge say the quality of teaching must be?

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